Third Conservative leadership debate suffers from poor attendance and lack of viewers – By Catherine Lévesque (National Post) / Aug 3, 2022
The three candidates focused on areas that had not been thoroughly covered in previous debates, such as Indigenous issues, transportation and climate change
There were no sad trombones in this third official debate held by the Conservative Party of Canada, but also very little disagreements from the three of the five leadership candidates who chose to show up in a tiny studio in Ottawa in the dead of summer.
Jean Charest, Roman Baber and Scott Aitchison made their final pleas to the few dozen members who were watching the live feed online on Facebook. At its peak, approximately 300 people tuned in to watch it but near the end of the debate, less than 100 people were still listening.
The party’s feed on YouTube indicated more than 18,000 views on Thursday morning, but it is unclear who tuned in to listen during the debate as it was happening.
Pierre Poilievre and Leslyn Lewis decided not to attend, focusing on meeting members directly.
